Simplify difficult arithmetic using the distributive property. Using easy numbers like 10 and breaking down addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division makes questions much easier to handle. Additionally, when you are stuck on certain questions you can plug in the answer choices for variables and see if the statements hold true…
Looking to boost your score in the GMAT Verbal Section? Here are a brief set of guidelines to follow when starting out!
- Critical Reasoning
Critical reasoning inclines the reader to read the question BEFORE the argument. By doing so, readers are capable of discerning the topic in play prior to…
1.Use Online GMAT Forums to Study the Intricacies of Questions
For any challenging problem which you have trouble finding an answer to, never just move on. Even if you guessed it right, always search the problem up in the active and broader GMAT community. …
October 13, 2016
In a previous article, we covered how NOT to dress in investment banking / finance interviews. Today we cover what you can wear to these interviews.
- Wear traditionally light colors: These colors include really light shades of blue and grey, and white. …
In investing, it is often challenging to make decisions very objectively. Here are 3 common behavioral economics phenomena that affect people, whether they realize it or not.
Pattern Seeking: Pattern seeking refers to the bias that we have when we seek out patterns that confirm our initial hypothesis. For example…
Over the years, private equity buyout funds outperformed public markets in all major regions over longer time horizons. Both the number of buyout funds and the value of buyout capital sought were up in 2015. Finally, positive cash flow from distributions supported new PE buyout fund commitments in all major…
An MBA is a great way to boost your career. However, getting into a top 20 program is not easy. One has to face a number of obstacles from acing the GMAT to developing the right amount of work experience. …
Cornell is an Ivy league with a broad range of courses all highly ranked — from the business school to architecture — you cannot go wrong with Cornell!
Here is an essay I wrote a few years back to receive admissions from Cornell:
From childhood to high school, I have…
Over the past years, many anxious pre-business students at UC Berkeley have wondered how to best approach the Haas School of Business’ undergraduate application essay. As with many undergraduate institutions like NYU and University of Michigan, UC Berkeley restricts admissions to its business school to maintain selectivity, and…
9:30 am — Arrive to work and head straight to the break room in order to pick up a couple breakfast burritos and an OJ. Hang up my suit jacket and proceed to fist-bump my fellow interns
10:00 am — Check my email, listen to endless voicemails, and log-on Bloomberg…
